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Most common Spanish words 2001–4000

2000 words, in teaching order

Words 701–800
familiar
relative, family member; station wagon; estate car
Noun
docente
teaching
Adjective
composición
composition
Noun
enfermar
to make ill; to sicken; to become ill; to get sick
Verb
profesión
profession; calling
Noun
masculino
masculine, male
Adjective
explotación
exploitation
Noun
nieve
snow; ice cream
Noun
dama
lady, dame; a female member of the court of honor at a quinceañera; queen; king
Noun
arquitectura
architecture; architectonics
Noun
parcial
partial (part of a whole); partial, biased (not impartial); mid-term
Adjective
inscripción
inscription; registration, signup
Noun
derrota
defeat; path, route, track; course
Noun
desierto
desert; empty (of people); uninhabited
Adjective
célula
cell (the basic unit of a living organism); cell (a small group of people forming part of a larger organization)
Noun
propaganda
propaganda; advertisement
Noun
concepción
conception (fertilization of an ovum by a sperm to form a zygote); conception (image, idea, or notion formed in the mind)
Noun
indígena
indigenous person, native
Noun
mejora
improvement, improving, amelioration, betterment, refinement; enhancement, enhancing, upgrade, upgrading (in quality); upturn
Noun
alzar
to lift, raise; to remove; to steal; to hide; to rise up, revolt; to achieve, obtain; to appeal
Verb
acumular
to accumulate (to heap up in a mass)
Verb
pecado
sin
Noun
humo
smoke; steam; fume, fumes; conceit
Noun
aldea
village
Noun
instancia
request; institution; level of court; instance
Noun
uniforme
uniform, even
Adjective
asesinado
murdered, slain
Adjective
galería
gallery; passage
Noun
ocupación
occupation (the act of possessing a place); occupation (the control of a region by a hostile army); occupation (activity or task with which one occupies oneself)
Noun
tesoro
treasure, trove, treasure trove; thesaurus; treasury, exchequer (sometimes capitalized)
Noun
internar
to send into (especially the interior of a country or region); to commit or confine inside a place or institution; to intern; to work as an intern; to immerse oneself in (e.g. a topic of study); to enter (especially surreptitiously)
Verb
manga
sleeve; set; manga (comic originating in Japan); mango tree; a type of mango (fruit)
Noun
inútil
useless, pointless
Adjective
enfoque
focus (action and effect of focusing); approach
Noun
gris
grey / gray; boring, dull; overcast, cloudy; morally ambiguous
Adjective
desconocer
to not be familiar with, to not know, to not recognize; to ignore, to disregard
Verb
billete
banknote, bill (paper currency); ticket; billet; money
Noun
químico
chemical (of or relating to chemistry)
Adjective
duración
duration, length (time)
Noun
transformación
transformation
Noun
ramo
bouquet (a bunch of cut flowers); bough, branch (woody part of a tree); branch, subject (an area in business or knowledge)
Noun
gigante
giant, gigantic
Adjective
cristal
crystal; glass, glassware; window pane; methamphetamine hydrochloride
Noun
ramón
breadnut (tree or shrub); hackberry (tree or shrub)
Noun
adiós
goodbye, farewell
Interjection
sólido
solid; strong, firm
Adjective
enfocar
to focus
Verb
autorización
authorization
Noun
cura
cure (something that restores good health); drunkenness; priest; curate; avocado
Noun
rendimiento
performance; yield, return
Noun
atractivo
attractive, appealing; engaging
Adjective
nativo
native
Adjective
conde
count, earl (nobility); countess in the feminine sense
Noun
semilla
seed (of a plant)
Noun
local
premises, rooms; store or other retail unit in a shopping center
Noun
insultar
to insult, offend
Verb
testimonio
testimony; witness; baton
Noun
hielo
ice
Noun
treinta
thirty
Numeric
mio
meow (sound of a cat)
Interjection
periodismo
journalism
Noun
cobertura
cover (anything which covers other things); coverage (the amount by which something or someone is covered); coverage, reception, signal (the extent to which a television radio or internet signal reaches); coverage (attention given to an event or topic in news media); defense, coverage; coverage (the amount guaranteed by an insurance policy)
Noun
flujo
flow; flux; discharge; stream, flow
Noun
emperador
emperor; swordfish
Noun
formal
formal; reliable, dependable; form
Adjective
no
no
Noun
bloque
bloc; block (street block or a piece of something); slab
Noun
tránsito
transit; traffic
Noun
rumor
rumor; murmur
Noun
transportar
to transport; to transpose
Verb
territorial
territorial
Adjective
rumbo
course; heading, bearing
Noun
multitud
multitude; crowd; a lot, loads
Noun
paja
straw (dried stalk of a cereal plant); straw (dried stalks considered collectively); drinking straw; wank, jerk off, handjob, masturbation; lie, falsehood; very good, great, excellent; laziness, tiredness, fatigue; effort, a task, for example, that requires a lot of energy to complete.
Noun
salto
jump, leap, jumping; skip; gap; difference; dive; jump, vault; waterfall
Noun
carecer
to lack, to be lacking
Verb
mío
mine, my; of mine
Determiner
honesto
honest; honorable
Adjective
destrucción
destruction
Noun
fortalecer
to fortify, strengthen
Verb
escalera
stairs; staircase, stairway; ladder; straight
Noun
combinación
combination
Noun
traje
suit; dress (distinctive style for particular occasion); gown, dress (e.g. bridal gown, evening gown); costume, outfit, getup (e.g. superhero costume; a regional, national, folk costume)
Noun
donar
to donate
Verb
vigilancia
vigilance, watchfulness (the state or quality of being watchful; alertness, vigilance or wakefulness); surveillance, security (close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion)
Noun
bienvenida
welcome; greeting
Noun
prevenir
to prevent, to forestall, to preempt, to ward off, to stave off; to avert (e.g. a disease, an accident, a disaster, danger); to forewarn, warn; to anticipate; to prepare
Verb
transición
transition; shift, changeover, switchover
Noun
identificación
identification
Noun
corporación
corporation; council; guild
Noun
misterio
mystery, mysteriousness; crib, nativity scene; mystery, event in Jesus' life
Noun
fama
fame; reputation
Noun
eje
axis; axle; shaft, spindle; core, heart, center (main idea); hub (center of activity); focus, focal point (point of concentration or attention)
Noun
llave
key (to open doors); key (of musical instrument); key (in heraldry); spanner, wrench; faucet, tap, water tap, spigot; curly bracket ({ and }); switch (a device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow); lock; hold (position or grip used to control the opponent); a game where a small metal disc is thrown at a small metal structure
Noun
conocido
acquaintance, known person; friend
Noun
cumplimiento
compliance; fulfillment, completion; formality
Noun
vendedor
salesman
Noun
acusación
accusation
Noun
abrazar
to hug, to embrace (a person, an animal); to embrace; to adopt (a religion or way of life); to hug, to embrace, to cuddle, to hold (each other, one another)
Verb
expectativa
expectation (that which is expected or looked for)
Noun